Terms of Use

Draft of July 21, 2026 · between you and [ENTITY NAME — confirm] ("we," "us")

1. What CaseDesk is — and is not

CaseDesk is desktop practice-management software for licensed legal professionals. It is not legal advice, and using it creates no attorney-client relationship with us. You — the licensed professional — retain sole responsibility for every deadline, filing, document, and decision in your practice.

2. Beta license

During the beta, we grant you a free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use CaseDesk for your practice. No license key or account with us is required. We may change commercial terms when the beta ends; because your data is stored locally, a change in terms never holds your data hostage.

3. Deadlines, references, and calculations — verify before relying

CaseDesk's deadline rules and legal references are researched against official sources, but rules change, local rules vary, and calculations are aids to professional judgment — not a substitute for it. Entries that reflect best-practice conventions rather than pinned authority are labeled as estimates. You must independently verify any deadline or citation against official sources before relying on it. We are not responsible for missed deadlines or reliance on any computed date or reference.

4. AI features — your keys, your review

AI features run on credentials you supply (or a local model you run) and are governed by your agreement with that provider. AI output can be wrong, incomplete, or fabricated. You must review all AI-assisted output before any professional use. Nothing is filed, sent, or served by AI without your action.

5. Third-party services

Integrations (email, payments, accounting, messaging, storage, court data) operate under your own accounts and those providers' terms. We are not a party to those relationships and are not responsible for those services.

6. Your data and backups

Your data is yours and lives on your machine. That control comes with responsibility: you are responsible for backups. CaseDesk includes backup tooling; using it is up to you.

7. Acceptable use

Don't use CaseDesk to break the law, infringe others' rights, or attempt to reverse-engineer, resell, or redistribute the software except as permitted by law.

8. No warranty

CaseDesk is beta software provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid us for CaseDesk in the twelve months before the claim (during the free beta: zero dollars).

10. Termination

You may stop using CaseDesk at any time; your data remains on your machine. We may terminate this license for breach of these terms.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by California law. Venue for any dispute lies in the state or federal courts of [COUNTY — confirm], California.

12. Changes; contact

We will post updated terms on this page with a new effective date. Questions: [SUPPORT EMAIL — interim: asaf@asaffulkslaw.com].